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Advanced Study Grant Recipients 2002

university fellowships committee

Recipient

Project Proposal

Faculty Adviser

Fyodor Dostoyevsky and The FeminineTo support research and analysis of feminine themes in Dostoyevsky, with insights from Suslova and Kristeva.

Thomas EpsteinA&S Honors Program

Peter Bowley

Portuguese in BrazilTo support Portuguese language acquisition and an unpaid internship with an international bank in Brazil.

Susan MichalczykA&S Honors Program

Jordan Brooks

The EMU and Fiscal Coordination in The European UnionTo support research and analysis of the effects of the Euro on fiscal policy convergence among EU member states.

Robert MurphyEconomics

Patrick Carey

German for Mathematics and PhilosophyTo support advanced German language acquisition at the Goethe Institut in Freiburg, Germany.

Ursula MangoubiGermanic Studies

Timothy Carraher

The Instruments of the Scientific RevolutionTo support museum and library research into the scientific instruments that advanced the scientific revolution in the 18th Century.

Virginia ReinburgHistory

Emily Dendinger

Intensive Master Playwriting Class at the Kennedy CenterTo support participation in a playwriters' workshop.

Scott CummingsTheater

Nathaniel Donahue

Walking in His Footsteps: The Evolution of RaphaelTo support research into Raphael's artistic development in the cities where he lived and studied.

Nancy NetzerFine Arts

Frances Gardella

Contemporary Christian EthicsTo support advanced research for a senior thesis linking Biblical Studies and Christian Ethics.

Stephen PopeTheology

Lauren Goslin

The Silent Protests of Chilean Women WritersTo support library research and analysis of the forms of political protest by women novelists in Pinochet's Chile.

Silvana PalermoHistory

Meghan Hammond

The Literature of Exhaustion: Metafictional Structures in English and the Romance LanguagesTo support Italian language acquisition and research in comparative literature focused on the works of Nabokov, Borges, Rios, and Calvino.

Kevin OhiEnglish

Erin Helfrich

Community for KierkegaardTo support research at the Hong Kierkegaard Library into the writings of the Danish philosopher of religion, Soren Kierkegaard.

Vanessa RumblePhilosophy

Rebecca Herhold

The Translation of Self: Language Study in GuatemalaTo support acquisition of Spanish fluency and a community service internship with a women's center in Quetzaltenago, Guatemala.

Mark O'ConnorA&S Honors Program

Maureen Josephsen

The Ethics of Genetic MedicineTo support a research internship in medical genetics at the National Catholic Bioethics Center.

Clare O'ConnorBiology

Kirstin Kramer

A Philosophy of EnglishTo support historical research into the establishment of an English curriculum at Boston College in the 19th Century.

Dayton HaskinsEnglish

Karen Martell

Modern and Traditional Society in PeruTo support the study of Spanish language and Latin American culture in Lima, Peru.

Laurie ShepardRomance Languages

Pasha Mirazimi

A Summer with FeynmanTo support intensive study of The Feynman Lectures on advanced electromagnetic theory, ordinary differential equations, and quantum mechanics.

Udayan MohantyChemistry

Tristan Nelson

Dynamic Interaction: The Western Cultural Tradition in the Java Programming LanguageTo support software development of a program to present text, audio, and images in a scripted, time-sensitive manner.

James GipsComputer Sciences

Maureen Olsen

Ethics: The Sacred Core of the ChurchTo support advanced study of Christian Ethics at the Gregorian University in Rome.

Jeffrey GeogheganTheology

Bryce Pinkham

Sementes da Manha: A Study of Underprivileged Youth in BrazilTo support Portuguese language acquisition and a community-service summer at a Jesuit mission in Salvador, Brazil.

Daniella PadulaRomance Languages

Melissa Ricci

Investigation into the Light-Induced Deactivation Mechanism of Grubbs CatalystTo support laboratory research into the mechanism by which the Grubbs catalyst, used in organic chemistry, is inactivated by light.

Scott MillerChemistry

Lea Rosemurgy

Aiding Economic Development in South AfricaTo support an internship with a non-profit, business-development organization in Klerksdorp, South Africa.

Gil ManzonAccounting, CSOM

Gilberto Ruiz

A Summer of Koine GreekTo support advanced language acquisition in New Testament Greek.

Pheme PerkinsTheology

Daniel Sañez

On Original Instruments: Sion Summer Organ AcademyTo support intensive music instruction on 13th-20th century organs in Switzerland.

T. Frank Kennedy, S.J.Music

Michael Scahill

Finding the Pattern in the Universe of Disulfide BondingTo support laboratory research into the bonds formed between sulfur atoms of two cysteine residues involved in protein folding.